Before dispersing out of Africa, Humans learned to thrive in diverse habitats, according to a new study published in Nature
Earliest use of psychoactive and medicinal plant ‘harmal’ identified in Iron Age Arabia, according to a new study published in Communications Biology
A special issue in “Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B” (2025) reframes the origins of domestication
Researchers presents new evidence showing that humans lived in African rainforests much earlier than though until now, at least 150 thousand years ago
Some of the oldest coastal human occupations in West Africa, preserved in the sites Bargny 1 and 3 (Senegal), and associated with classic Middle Stone Age (MSA)
Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
Chickens were widely raised across southern Central Asia from 400 BCE through medieval periods and likely dispersed along the ancient Silk Road
Human activity on Curaçao began as far back as 5735 – 5600 cal BP — up to 850 years earlier than previously thought New…
Ancient cities provide key datasets for urban planning, policy and predictions in the Anthropocene; the study has been published in Nature Cities
Use-wear analysis of grinding tools from Jebel Oraf shows subsistence and lifestyle in Neolithic Northern Saudi Arabia